CARE AND FEEDING OF DAIRY CATTLE. 



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given after milking to avoid filling the air with dust. If the cow receives her grain 

 at milking-time, she will always expect it, and will not yield her best unless it is 

 forthcoming. In case she has been taught to expect it afterward, she will not look 

 for it until then. The two main feeds of both roughage and grain are given night 

 and morning, with perhaps a light feed of hay at noon. Watering should be done 

 twice a day with milking cows. 



A typical dairy head. 



FEEDING HIGH-PRODUCING COWS FOR MAXIMUM PRODUCTION. 



An animal must have been dry for at least two months and be in good flesh to 

 do her best. Succulence and palatability are essential in the ration. Sugar-beets 

 or mangels are better for this purpose than silage, and may be fed up to 60 Ib. or 

 more per day. 



The following is a ration fed to a Jersey (weight 900 Ib.) yielding 40 Ib. of 

 milk and 2 Ib. of butter-fat per day : 



Corn silage 35 It. 



Alfalfa hay 15 



Corn-meal 2 



Bran 3 



Oats 3 



Oil-meal 2 



The above ration will be found to conform closely to the standard given in 

 Table 1. 



